Example sentences of "[be] [adj] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | If investors get in now while the markets are low they could do well . |
| 2 | Had things been different they could even have gone together . |
| 3 | Yet if there were sufficient pressure and demand , I am convinced they could produce suitable kits . |
| 4 | The couple said some of Timothy 's bandages had been removed and they had been relieved they could still recognise him in spite of his severe facial injuries . |
| 5 | With Motif at large in the Sun community , IBM and DEC are confident they could make inroads into the Sun installed base swapping out Sun machines for their own . |
| 6 | I told them I had no intention of budging an inch from this place , and if they could n't be civil they could both keep away . |
| 7 | They could have gone over the top you know , I think , I 'm sure they could , I 'm certain they could . |
| 8 | I 'm sure they could make room for another . ’ |
| 9 | I mean I 'm sure if you asked erm you know the probation service people in York , I 'm sure they could , well I mean if you 're thinking about probation , you probably ought to go in and look , unless you 've already |
| 10 | but Geoffrey says it , cos I says you got ta hit back you got ta do it , he says yes its all very well but its not just Stuart , its been Blankley , Da , Ja , erm Daniel its a load of them and they all get together its this Daniel bloke , bash his head in , I would really , I wish somebody I 'll bloody threaten him , I really do you know your big mates , bloody , he 's got no older brothers , I mean all your bloody six formers , I 'm sure they could frighten the little twat |
| 11 | They could have gone over the top you know , I think , I 'm sure they could , I 'm certain they could . |
| 12 | And unbelievably , they were convinced they could do it . |
| 13 | He and his government colleagues were confident they could hold their own against the mujahedin . |
| 14 | Yes , well we decided that if they were bilingual they could still be used in |
| 15 | Apprentices were trained to make drawings rapidly , so that when they saw some machinery with which they were unacquainted they could sketch its salient features ; this would correspond to the field sketch of the naturalist . |
| 16 | that ducks do have eggs it 's possible they could of been there but they were n't . |
| 17 | Never lay crops directly on the floor where it is possible they could suffer from the effects of damp and poor air circulation , and arrange produce according to its preference : the roots nearer to the cool floor , and onions and marrows close to the ceiling where it is slightly warmer . |
| 18 | It is possible they could be copies of a well known make called Valentino . |
| 19 | ‘ They said there was little they could do about it , although they have been excellent and have stepped up their patrols . |
| 20 | Consequently there was little they could do early that night when a mammoth sea caught them dangerously broached-to , but the buoyancy of Mae West life jackets wedged in the bow and stern kept the waterlogged canoe afloat till the storm eased around midnight — some 24 hours after it blew up . |
| 21 | The guerrilla role changed once again , for there was little they could do against well defended airstrips when the natives gave away patrols before they were within striking distance of Japanese posts . |
| 22 | Without substantially re-thinking their politics , there was little they could do to resist these forces . |
| 23 | But there was little they could do about it except wring their hands at each fresh horror in its columns , analyse its transparently partisan coverage , and point out how its competitors were dragging their standards downmarket to try to keep up with its soaraway sales . |
| 24 | Although many Carlists and Falangists naturally disliked the Unification , with their fighting men busy at the front there was little they could do to resist it , especially since they shared the general Nationalist respect for ‘ authority ’ . |
| 25 | Critics might complain of what one of them called " the mysterious and irresponsible manner in which foreign politics are arranged " ; but there was little they could do to change the situation . |
| 26 | The district council had offered to go to Boston to discuss the situation with Digital executives but they had been told there was little they could do . |
| 27 | It was impossible they could have found her this time . |
| 28 | Mrs Langley , who had stood over them while he spoke , forbidding in burgundy taffeta and garnets , said she was sure they could amuse each other very well without her . |
| 29 | I was sure they could hardly wait , but then to be fair to Fenella she was the only woman under fifty I knew in London who made her own damson jam . |
| 30 | That was all they could do . |